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ShazzieB

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73. Well, I certainly loved loved MAD back then.

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Mon Mar 8, 2021, 09:15 PM

Mar 2021

And now here I am at DU.

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MAD magazine in 1968: [View all] NameAlreadyTaken Mar 2021 OP

I've often said that. How do you say you love your country yet you hate over half the people in it Walleye Mar 2021 #1

There are two kinds of people who were alive in the 1960s. MineralMan Mar 2021 #2

LOVED my Mad! CurtEastPoint Mar 2021 #4

I miss the little cartoons between the frames n/t Cheezoholic Mar 2021 #7

Yes! The brilliance of Sergio Aragones! IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 2021 #27

... speak easy Mar 2021 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Mar 2021 #44

The Mad Fold-in. CrispyQ Mar 2021 #16

OMG! Do you remember the Beatles one? calimary Mar 2021 #20

... speak easy Mar 2021 #45

Yep! That's the one. calimary Mar 2021 #85

One of the funniest cartoons was a large lady at the top of an escalator, exiting... and..well... CurtEastPoint Mar 2021 #17

And "National Lampoon" Codifer Mar 2021 #32

Do you mean... Unknown Beatle Mar 2021 #49

As I recall Codifer Mar 2021 #68

What I mean is this... Unknown Beatle Mar 2021 #111

What I remember about National Lampoon was an ad. marie999 Mar 2021 #67

The greatest treasure Codifer Mar 2021 #71

+10 nt reACTIONary Mar 2021 #80

Couldn't wait for new issues to come out in the 50s,60's &70s KS Toronado Mar 2021 #11

Ha ha. Yes, I regularily read Mad Magazine back in the day LiberalLovinLug Mar 2021 #13

Well, like everything else at the time (except "women's magazines"), soldierant Mar 2021 #22

Touche LiberalLovinLug Mar 2021 #24

I'm female. It was a female cousin who wnylib Mar 2021 #29

Understanding I was only a boy, with no political opinions developed at all. LiberalLovinLug Mar 2021 #35

Young people in the US were wnylib Mar 2021 #40

Some U.S. young people were political, but plenty weren't. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #74

I graduated from high school in 1967. wnylib Mar 2021 #93

Hey, when I was in high school, I read MAD regularly and loved it! Silver Gaia Mar 2021 #31

Very cool! LiberalLovinLug Mar 2021 #37

I read it when I was a kid in the 70's, and Crunchy Frog Mar 2021 #55

My mom made me the progressive I am today ... electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #83

I wasn't meaning to undercut my mother's influence soldierant Mar 2021 #90

Got it... electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #92

I still subscribe to MAD... cayugafalls Mar 2021 #14

What? Me worry? AZ8theist Mar 2021 #18

I had a love hate relationship with MAD.. Loved the mag, hated that when a teen I looked like mitch96 Mar 2021 #28

Oh, snap you shouldn't be down on yourself...Alfred E. Neuman was a cool dude!!!! AZ8theist Mar 2021 #63

The definition of cool is... reACTIONary Mar 2021 #81

Looking like him in HS did work out well with the opposite sex. Good thing I grew out of it.. mitch96 Mar 2021 #84

+1 live love laugh Mar 2021 #36

I loved "Scenes You'd Like to See" Oldem Mar 2021 #19

My favorite was Spy .vs. Spy n/t aggiesal Mar 2021 #23

I was just thinking about Spy V Spy - soldierant Mar 2021 #69

Remnants of the cold war ... aggiesal Mar 2021 #77

So anonymous that they really were a yin/yang. soldierant Mar 2021 #78

Yep, and here I am. fwvinson Mar 2021 #25

Satire Stimulates Critical Thinking Skills MineralMan Mar 2021 #26

Wow... PutGramaOnThePhone Mar 2021 #58

I'm glad I was able to put that thought into your mind. MineralMan Mar 2021 #100

Yup. It showed you that you could think outside the box LiberalLovinLug Mar 2021 #105

Mad fan here! live love laugh Mar 2021 #34

Probably true true true! riversedge Mar 2021 #42

Ummmmm. . .I did not read Mad. Was reading Austen and Tolstoy and Ibsen and Fanon and niyad Mar 2021 #46

I was reading those, too. MineralMan Mar 2021 #56

Oh, I know. Was just giving you a difficult time. niyad Mar 2021 #64

I read every copy I could get my little hands on. Tommymac Mar 2021 #52

You don't happen to actually have that issue, perchance? jmowreader Mar 2021 #57

Sorry, just posted the image from an internet search. Tommymac Mar 2021 #60

I actually remember the "Superpatriot" DBoon Mar 2021 #66

Well, I certainly loved loved MAD back then. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #73

Oh, this gal read Mad Mag back in the mid-'60s! electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #86

Oh come on. I didnt know ANYONE growing up who didnt read MAD! oldsoftie Mar 2021 #106

Many people didn't read it. Most people didn't read it. MineralMan Mar 2021 #107

Why thank you! (I've still got a box of 'em from the 60s-70s) oldsoftie Mar 2021 #108

:) 1968 and it managed to leave off women on the march? Hortensis Mar 2021 #3

and gays... NameAlreadyTaken Mar 2021 #30

Since this is International Women's Day, would you consider posting this as its own OP for niyad Mar 2021 #48

I think I actually remember this. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2021 #5

How things change but stay the same. rickyhall Mar 2021 #6

I bought my first Mad Magazine back in the late 50s or early 60s when I was a young teenager. Mickju Mar 2021 #9

They were at the barber shop when I was a kid. I loved Spy vs. Spy. rickyhall Mar 2021 #12

Yes! And all those little drawings along the margins and in the corners. calimary Mar 2021 #21

Kilroy Lives! mezame Mar 2021 #8

Looks Like H.L. Hunt ... Jopin Klobe Mar 2021 #10

H.L. Hunt's son, Lamar was the owner of the Dallas Texans football team. Mickju Mar 2021 #15

Is that before or after the eagle attacked him? malaise Mar 2021 #33

Must be bdamomma Mar 2021 #75

My favorite MAD Magazine cover ever (2006)! Bo Zarts Mar 2021 #39

+1 Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #54

I remember the song parodies. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2021 #41

Theodor Geisel, 1941 LudwigPastorius Mar 2021 #43

The only thing he like is making money off the 93% bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #47

fits right in with todays world. i too subbed mad and loved it . AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #50

Archie Bunker lives! paleotn Mar 2021 #51

Super Patriot MAGA(t) Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #53

Alfred E. helped shape us into twodogsbarking Mar 2021 #59

What me worry! virgdem Mar 2021 #62

We all used to read MAD all the time. PatrickforB Mar 2021 #61

I got my username from MAD Magazine Poiuyt Mar 2021 #65

I must have been only 8 years old ... TomWilm Mar 2021 #94

Mad Magazine bdamomma Mar 2021 #70

Read This in 1968 Dr. Skull Mar 2021 #72

My parents forbade me from reading Mad Magazine... Darkstar53142 Mar 2021 #76

I also wasn't allowed to read Mad Magazine or watch Laugh In LeftInTX Mar 2021 #79

My story exactly... Found a paper bag of them.... reACTIONary Mar 2021 #82

My Dad subscribed to MAD Magazine for a lot of years Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #87

MAD's been delivering the goods for over half a century! Blue Owl Mar 2021 #88

The 1960's mind you Lokilooney Mar 2021 #89

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Mar 2021 #91

Cracked actually has well done humor on FB 90-percent Mar 2021 #101

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Mar 2021 #110

Mad Magazine was one of my favorites growing up RocRizzo55 Mar 2021 #95

William Gaines and the Usual Gang of Idiots RVN VET71 Mar 2021 #96

I must have been 11 The Wizard Mar 2021 #97

Love the town, hate the people malthaussen Mar 2021 #98

Sort of like MAD's parody of the The Rifleman ("the Rifle, Man!") Buns_of_Fire Mar 2021 #109

What was far-out satire in 1965 is normal in 2020. malthaussen Mar 2021 #99

K&R.......... turbinetree Mar 2021 #102

Holy crap that's seriously prophetic! Initech Mar 2021 #103

What a find. Funny this hasn't been aired long before this. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #104